The Database of Zeolite Structures was originally designed and implemented by Ch. Baerlocher in collaboration with L.B. McCusker in 1996 on behalf of the Structure Commission of the International Zeolite Association (IZA-SC). It was made searchable in 2001. The layout was redesigned and the option for viewing channel systems was added in 2007. The help of a number of people over the years is gratefully acknowledged. Their contributions are detailed below.
 
Citing this website
To reference this website in a publication, we suggest something like:
  Ch. Baerlocher and L.B. McCusker, Database of Zeolite Structures: http://www.iza-structure.org/databases/
To reference specific databases within the site, see below.
 
Framework Types
  The original database was based on the data gathered by the authors of the 4th edition of the Atlas of Zeolite Structure Types (W.M. Meier, D.H. Olson and Ch. Baerlocher).
The coordinates in the topological space group were generated mainly by L.B. McCusker, R.W. Grosse-Kunstleve and Ch. Baerlocher using the programs DLS-76 and Kriber.
The vertex symbols were provided by M. O'Keeffe.
The original framework drawings were prepared by Ch. Baerlocher, S. Brenner, L.B. McCusker, A. Meden and T. Wessels using Cerius2.
The newer framework drawings were prepared by Ch. Baerlocher using CrystalMaker.
The ring drawings provided for the Type Material were prepared by D.H. Olson with the program CrystalMaker.
   
3D Drawings
  The excellent (and free) Java Applet Jmol is used for drawing, manipulating and rendering the virtual 3D molecular models. We are particularly indebted to R.M. Hanson (Department of Chemistry, St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN) for implementing the calculation and display of the channel and cage surfaces.
The original proposal to make live 3-D framework drawings came form M.M.J. Treacy and M.D. Foster (Department of Physics & Astronomy, Arizona State University) who also provided the program for generating the unit cell content (from a CIF file) for the user defined cell ranges.
Comments, suggestions, problems should be sent to Christian Baerlocher.
   
XRD Powder Patterns
  The collection pages are generated "on-the-fly" with programs written and assembled by R.W. Grosse-Kunstleve and S. Prokic. The original data correspond to those given in the 4th edition of the Collection of Simulated XRD Powder Patterns for Zeolites by M.M.J. Treacy and J.B. Higgins. Data for newly approved framework types have been added by Ch. Baerlocher.
   
References
  The reference database was generated by L.B. McCusker and includes all the references from the Atlas of Zeolite Framework Types as well as those from the Collection of Simulated XRD Powder Patterns for Zeolites. It is updated and expanded periodically by L.B. McCusker with references not included in these books.
   
Disordered Zeolite Structures
  This catalog is based on the paper 'Faulted Zeolite Framework Structures' by H. Gies, R. Kirchner, H. van Koningsveld and M.M.J. Treacy (subcommission of the IZA Structure Commission) published in Proceedings of the 12th International Zeolite Conference, p2999 (1999). The PDF files were generated by H. Gies and H. van Koningsveld.
  To reference this database in a publication, we suggest something like:
    H. Gies and H. van Koningsveld, Catalog of Disorder in Zeolite Frameworks: http://www.iza-structure.org/databases/
   
Building Schemes
  The idea for this database and its subsequent realization stems from H. van Koningsveld. It contains a pictorial guide illustrating how each of the zeolite topologies can be constructed. A hard copy version entitled Compendium of Zeolite Framework Types. Building Schemes and Type Characteristics was published by Elsevier in 2007.
  To reference this database in a publication, we suggest something like:
    H. van Koningsveld, Schemes for Building Zeolite Framework Models: http://www.iza-structure.org/databases/
   
Technical Assistance
  We thank P. Schaub and M. Baerlocher for helping us to solve various java scripting and web-design problems we encountered.
   
Site Maintenance
  The webmaster for the Database of Zeolite Structures is Ch. Baerlocher. The database runs on a Macintosh Server G5 at the Lab. of Crystallography, ETH Zurich, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland. If you have any queries regarding the database, please contact Christian Baerlocher or Lynne B. McCusker.